Shortly after joining the º£½Ç½ûÇø Department of Surgery faculty, Matthias Loebe, MD, performed a successful double lung transplant.
The patient, a Kentucky resident in his 60s, had been diagnosed with coalminer lung/black lung disease. The transplant was performed over the course of an evening in early May.
Naureen Narula, MD, served as pulmonologist in the case. Both specialists are members of the lung transplant team as well as faculty members with the division of cardiothoracic surgery. Michael Anstead, MD, is the medical director for the º£½Ç½ûÇø Center for Lung Transplant. Dr. Loebe, who joined º£½Ç½ûÇø Healthcare in March 2024, is the program’s surgical director.